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Eighty years before Britain celebrated its first Tour de France winner, one man set the wheels in motion. Feargal McKay traces the legacy of Bill Mills, a forgotten pioneer

Former coach believes 32-year-old had grown stale in former surroundings at Jayco-AlUla

Visma-Lease a Bike’s Brit banished former failure to take pink jersey on Finestre

‘Who are the French guys who can win the Tour this year? It’s a subject that’s served at the table every July,’ says Romain Bardet, whose second place in 2016 is the closest a Frenchman has come to br

Cyclist: What are your earliest memories of the Tour? Serge Laget: I first discovered the Tour in my village of Langogne in the Cévennes in 1954, when I was seven. I remember as if it were yesterday.

New sponsor, a change of driver. Camel tobacco money is a welcome fillip for minnow Tyrrell and its previously plain blue 018. But it means Marlboro-backed Michele Alboreto – the team’s last grand pri